Bailey Lundmark goes up for one of her three block ag ainst Wapahani. Photo by Gary Andrews

By Gary Andrews

The Southwood volleyball team gave No.3 Wapahani a scare Saturday, defeating the Raiders in game one before falling 25-22, 24-26, 23-25, 18-25.

The two top 15 teams would start the night trading points with neither being able to mount a run. Game one was tied 8 times before the Knights would be the first to make a move. With Bailey Hobbs serving, Southwood would score 4 straight off an ace and a kill from Bailey Lundmark to lead 19-15.

It was homecoming night at Wabash as the Apaches played host to county rival Southwood, putting their 4-0 record on the line.

The Knights had the ball first with the Apache defense holding and forcing a punt. The Wabash offense would feed off the defense, mounting a 17 play drive that ended on a 1yd Luke Proctor TD run to put the Apaches up 7-0 with 1:00 to go in the quarter.

Damian Cowan and his coach, Mike Carson, show off the national championship trophy at Sharp Creek Elementary School. Photo provided

By Gary Anderson

Sharp Creek 4th grader Damian Cowan had a summer to remember for a lifetime in 2015.

Damian shoots on a youth Shotgun team called the Kosko Dust Devils and started shooting competitive skeet this spring. In his first year Damian recorded an impressive list of individual and team placements, including winning the national championship with teammates Owen Knight and Nathan Creed at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex July 13 – July 16 in Sparta, Ill.

NORTH MANCHESTER -- The Manchester football thought it was making a trip to Peru Friday, but a water main break at Peru caused the Tigers to travel to Manchester to take on the Squires. Manchester held a 7-0 lead after one, then endured a 42-point second quarter between the two teams and trailed 28-21 at the half before falling 34-21.

The Squires got on the board first when Bailey Ness scored from 1 yard out to give Manchester a 7-0 lead after one.

The Southwood Lady Knight golf team put three players in the top five to secure winning the TRC tournament at Norwood Golf Course Saturday.

Dayna Dale finished runner up behind Rochester’s Kinley Lingenfelter. Danielle Pegg finished fourth with Danielle Sparling fifth. The top ten finishers were named all conference. Also from the county making all conference were Kelsey Eichenauer of Manchester (sixth), Chelsea George of Northfield (ninth) and Lydia Little of Manchester (10th).